The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-12 00:00:00

• . rHE SUN, LOAD° S MONDAY EV E A IN - G I ------.........._, - 7 4 XONEy 1" A .71 KET A . SHARE ALARKETS,-This day. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :- * MARKET.-(This Day ) 1863. . .. .. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS . 1862 .. 463 .. 3,630 .. - .. 391 .. 12 0 ( 1 XIVIE Re lAL INTELLIGENCE, i 368 4 039 -124 61 This being the day appointed for holding the great 1 11 8 4 0 1 ' ' '' .. ' ' Share , Railways. Paid.! Closing Business •-•--- .. --- .. - .. - .. --- ♦ 1 1 Price. done. Christmas market, the arrivals of stock at an early hour 1859 -• • -.•-• . ..... • 0 -- were numerous, and of an important character. Notwith- A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of CITY, TWELVE o'CLocE. 13.14. Bit. Wol., and 8 tr. Val. all - - standing the somewhat severe d roug ht ex p er i ence d d ur i ng fat stock exhibited and so ld i n th e Great Metropolitan st Blythe and Tyne. - - The Money Market continues to be influenced at Bristol and Exeter 1 1 the at Caledonian lOO 130 131 Monday, Dec. 12, 1864, general closing of accounts usual at the end 50 Cork and Bandon .. ” .. it:l - - consumption, the show of beasts was remarkably fine and of they 20 Cornwall to Do. B all 6 7 Per 815. to sink the offal. ear and the active collection of payments A gets no div all - .of full average weight. Possibly, from their numerical 10 Do A { till6p c.p an. has all - Dec. 14, Dec. 12, °ll account of revenue. The inquiries for monetary strength, we ought to place the shorthorns in the first cats- 1863. 1864. been paid to B. a sh at. the different discount establishments so Dublin & Belfast June. all 34 86 gory. The counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Coarse and inferior beasts.... 36t0 3 10 3 6to 4 2 are, therefore, very numerous, and brokers, conee. 2 5 t yun e Perth e tcA.b. Jim°. all 16 17 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 4 4 410 a Edinburgh & Glasgow. , 100 00 92, Northamptonshire have perhaps sunred more from the Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 5 0 6 2 ( Nen ti -...y, keep up their quotations rather firmly, the •at Glam. and S. Western.' 100 106 108 Want of moisture than any other part of England; never- Prime Scots, &c. P0 . .e8 8 agai _ __ _ . „, ~ ~ , st Great Eastern, Ord. stsd 100 471 486 471 - Coarse and inferior sheep u ranging trom O z .- I per cent. 'or nrst st Ditto A stock ' 100 -- - theless, the receipts from those counties were quite equal to el aSs bills. st Ditto East Anglian st 100 71 81 71 Second quality do. .......... 4 8 5 2 4 8 5 0 at GreatNorthof Scotland 1100 - - moat corresponding periods of the year-not a few of the Prime coarse-woolled do About £55,000 in gold was taken into the Bank at Great Northern... I 100 134 135 1141 Prime Southdown do. .... On st Do A stock I 100 154 155 156 54 animals being of enormous weight and of wonderfully flue Lambs , Saturday, but 25,000 sOvereigns were with- at Do Bdo 1 100 140 132 symmetry. Although the majority of them appeared al wn. Large coarse calves ........ 4 0 4 8 4 2 4 8 tir e " . et Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 1100 90 91 st Great Westerr,Ori„,,'oinal 100 781 784 781 I 1 most too fat for the ordinary purposes of the butchers, Prime small do. , The Australasian, from New York, has brought at Do Str Val gua. stock; 100 - - Large hogs , 4, 111 4 852 4 at Do. South Wales .... 100 67 69 sales progressed steadily, at high rates when compared Neat small porkers 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 8 at Do. West Mid. -Oxtordi 100 57 69 571 with many previous years. But exclusive of the short- Beasts T he Bombay steamer which left to-day took out ' t Do Newport' 100 44 46 Sheep and lambs at Do Hereford 100 100 102 horns, a good many crosses were received from Lincoln -43713,530 in specie. st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1141 1151 Calves shire and Leicestershire. The system of crossing has not Pies.. 360 390 ~ Accounts from the manufacturing districts for B at E ° oo. ndo li a g li th d t.,r A ° . Ire:slits 100 1 Igl 81t,0 105....... become very extensive in those districts, still the stock SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 15, 1862.-Beasts, 8,430- ' 4 Past week have been of a rather unsatisfactory st Lou,, Chat., and Dover 100 37 39 sheep, 20 900-calves, 178-pigs, 420. at Lon. & North Western 100 1181 119 119 1 18/ in this respect showed signs of excellent stamina and ' Character. There has only been a moderate amount at Lou.& Sir.th Western 100 97 99 971 DEC. 16, 1861.-Beasts, 8,810-sheep, 26,300-calves of b • quality, 202-pigs, 400. amen traneacted in the woollen districts ot at r u a r n y ., p B or li:L ail ta., a i r nj s ol e n. l a o l o l 66 f 7 t _ _ From the West of England the receipts were nearly, or eeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield ; while at Man. 121 Do a shares... ..... .. all - - MARKETS-This Day. at Metropolitan all 121 ;22 1201 1 quite, equal to last 'moon, and we may remark that, so Ch ester a rather better tequiry has sprung up for at Midland el o tk at Do Binning. & Derby 100 106 .08 even was their condition, the difference in the weight of --4. es and yarns, both for home use and exportation. MARK-LANE. 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - each drove was trifling. Great credit is due to the graziers T he hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Not- 25 Do. / shares - - The demand for wheat in the country markets held on 25 Mid Kent ... all - - and feeders for such a remarkably flue display of Downs as • • ti ngham have remained seasonably active; while in et North British 2 .... - 100 55 67 Saturday ruled inactive, at about previous rates, Good and thethe present. Mr Senior, of Broughton House, near Ayles hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, at Edict, Perth, .13p . undee - 100 25 7 113 %4 113 fine malting barley moved off steadily, at full quotations; ar 'd Wolverhampton the operations generally have :5 Nl go, K G B .l+l. r lir c purchase rl"k 16.13 .4 3 - 1 --- 721 4 bury, exhibited 40 pure North Devon oxen, which con- but for all other produce the trade was quiet on former st Do Leeds lOO 7:1 721 mended much attention. Some of th ese ex t raor di nary t erms. b een Moderate. at Do York ---- et Do Carlisle lOO - -38 z Two O'CLOCK'. 25 Do. Stook. & Darling. all 18 89 North Devons this is an extraordinary weight ; h u t it ru l es i nac ti ve , a t a b o ut s t a ti onary pr i ces. A t N ew Y or k t h e 25 Do do 1855-58.. - 19 11 12 p shows to what perfection Devon stock has been brought. demand for produce for export is still very limited. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's 25 Do do 1860.61 at North London Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rout es were 66f . 10 Do Now ... - wee k , were b ut mo d erate, The imports from abroad Inanimate. 10 Do New, 186 1: . 4 11/ 1) indeed there was scarcely an inferior bullock amongst it. amounted to 11,719 quarters of wheat; 7,277 barley ; at North Staffordshire all 79 80 80 The English Stock Market has been very dull 10 N. and S. W. Junction'. all 101 11 Heavy stock was in moderate request; but that weighing 21,605 oats; 3;820 rye ;40 Leans ; 3,293 peas ; 169 tares; and at Sootttsh Central depressed to-day, a few sales having occasioned at soot. N. E., Aber, stock 100 - - The receipts of beasts from Scotl an d were ra th er ea t en - see d s ; fi ve sac k s an d 5 , 20 2 b arrels 3f flour. for g r eat heaviness. Consols for money are 89fr, and at D Scot. Mid. stook lOO - - Shreo scot . and Welohpool all - - siv e , an d th e w h o l e o f th em were o f more than average Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of English the account, 89i. The New Threes and Re- at Shropshire Union merit-in fact, a finer display of Scots from north the Tweed wheat were very moderate, and the condition of the pro dor. st Sout h Devon. ..... - ed Annuities are 88f 1; Exchequer Bills, 6s. at smith Eastern lOO 851 '5l 831 5 never was witnessed in this or any other market. The duce, owing to the recent damp weather, was inferior. The to 20 stainea,Wok.,andWok. all 8 9 crosses from Aberdeenshire, &c., were remarkably fine trade, however, was dull, and even dry samples met a slow is. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 102 i, 1031; at Taff Vale« .....- lOO 163 :68 ali d the Bonds, par. 10 Do C . s 34 44 v animals, and these comprised about three-fourths sale at; barely last Monday's currency. Damp produce et Vale of Neath 4, In the Foreign Market there is very little anima- at Waterford & Kilkenny; 100 - - Or' in s a t 11 7 . es i t i ar e n p w oo all uar.at. 1 100 38 40 Essex, and Cambridge was about equal to last year, both business , a fair clearance had been effected, at a decline in and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., le, 100 - - as to number and quality. prices from this day se'nnight of Is. per quarter. 62 , are 711; do. Consolides, 46 6 I, ; Mexican, 2 91 3 From Sussex some very good beasts reached us. For The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was tolerably h 4 - g - ; do. New, 271 i ; Greek, 221. 23; Spanish cassive, 311 1 ; do. Certificates, 13i 14 1 ; Portu- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Considering the fine blood p ossesse d by th e S ussex gra - ques t, a t a b ou t p rev i ous ra t es , an d re d w i nter qua li t i es were rese, 471 48; Russian, 871 ; the Confederate ' , Closing ziere, we are surprised to find them so indisposed to for- firm in price. In other descriptions of foreign wheat sales 1 , °113 , 69 61 ; the Egyptian, 1 i prom.; and the Shari Railways Paid. Price. Business dont ward increased supplies to this market. It would appear, progressed slowly on former terms. - however, that more remunerative prices are now obtained Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at late "ahubian, 1 die. to par. :( 1 ) , 0 1 l io t m. ian m tic ar & od s i LL c ar nt e i n n e: all 58 60 for stock in the various local markets than in London. rates. tintusiness in the - Railway Share Market has con- There was a good, though not to say large, collection of With barley the market was reasonably well supplied. 1 Gu. 5 per cent... lOl. 1021 103/ ' hnv il:d very dull, and in several instances prices Welsh runts. The graziers appear as yet to have declined Good and fine malting qualities were in fair average de -2201 lgoajoEft.ll23(lll.,retru7o7 alllo }die s : p ~.4 e shown . less firmness. Great Western, North. 10 Do. Preference all 8g 91 " stern, Midland, and South Eastern have each too 5 liuffalo,BrantAGodry toc - nearly the whole of the stack was pure. Most of the quiet at late'rates. a ee , . i sp. ot. bds. Aug 1,187 beasts sold at high currencies. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates, Ained 55,; Great Eastern and Brighton, 10s. ; too Do. do. July . 1 187 too 75 80 s ad Great Northern A Stock, Ll. ioo )o. do. June 1, 18: 100 - - From Ireland the supply cf beasts was a fair average There was a fair average supply of oats on sale. On the st ileutta.&S.Eastn.(l.in 100 98 100 as to number, but for the most part there was a great whole the trade was firm, at full currencies. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at lapeTown & Dock Sot, 100 8t 90 deficiency in quality, Sales therefore progressed slowly, Beans were in but moderate supply, yet the trade for 100 Demetara 7 p.c. per. pf : all - - at Previous quotations. stisok Ewan. Bengal gu. ep. 100 103 104 1(31 4 at moderate quotations. them was slow, at late rates. Per Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there ham stir east Indian , yu ix s t p.. e 100 1031 1C46 The number of crosses received from various parts of Peas moved off slowly, at previous quotations. The t ea ~ 111 a very limited inquiry, and prices generally stock .3 rand Trunk ot Canads too 21 22 England was on the increase, but they varied considerably market was very moderately supplied. er e a shade flatter. 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds i n qua li ty, S ome of them realised high rates, but the In flour only a limited business was transacted, on former 1 charge 6 per cent. all 90 92 ....am. •••• 100 Do. Ist rrel. Bonds ail 70 72 714 maj ,rity of them were a slow sale. terms. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK, 100 Do. do. def erre d a ll 61 44 Th e f o ll ow i ng re t urn s h ows the number of beasts exhi- CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. G 100 Do. 2d Pr e f. Bonds., all 66 68 664 3 , OtnistmENT FUNDS. 100 D o. do. deferred all 56 58 bited, and the prices realised fo r th em , on th e grea t d ays Wheat-Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 363 to 40s ' e l' Cent. Consols - Ditt o , 1 86 1 I) Ditto, white, 1863 4os 44a 3 .. , 0 Account, Jan. 10 1,11,4 Cent. Reduced B 5l 4 I 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 3) 32 30 1841 .. 4,500 .. 3 Bto 5 0 Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 e e w , 3 per Cent. B B4 4 4 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 28 30 stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e 100 108} 3041 104 31 1812 .. 4,511 .. 3 4to 4 8 Ditto, 1863 1. : v ) 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - 20 Do. Gus. 5 per cen' .. 12 pr 4P 1813 .. 4,510 .. 38to 4 4 Talavera, 1864 .• • . 44s 50s 4„ ° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 - SO Do. New gua. sp. o a pr 1p 1814 .. 5,713 .. 40to 4 6 Rye ',i;linties, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880.. - stook .31t. South.oflndia(Lim Barley-Grinding 22a 25a 1845 .. 5,326 .. 3 6 to 4 8 ~ 4 - 1 ,,0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... - guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 101 103 Malting, new 3os 35s o cax u ? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... - stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 1846 .. . 4,570 .. 40to 5 8 Malt-Suffolk and Norfolk 605 63s stock lBl7 .. 4,282 .. 3 4to 4 8 Brown "Tier Bills, £l,OOO, 4per Cent .6 1 sui 4t. W. or Canada Share,. all 99191 9 • 1848 .. 5,942 .. 34t0 4 8 Kingstown and Ware Do £SOO ea,, b o £IOO and £2OO i t . '' Hngland Stir, 51 per Ct. 1 0 ACCOUnto • stook Midriffs, guar., sp.a. .. 100 1024 1034 1021 1852 .. 6,71 .. 28to 4 0 Cork, white Ir ld i' T l ) Hat GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. stock Do. 4/ p. a Extension 100 96 98 Scotch, Feeding 2es 23a 3 T ;' , Sto c k, 105 p er C en t., Ap r il 1874.... - stook D o. 44 d 0.... .. 100 91 93 1853 .. 7,637 .. 3 2t04 10 Beans-Tick 1)`0 Account .. - 2 0 Do. Fifth Exte nsion. 2- - 1854 .. 6,181 ~ 36t0 4 4 Pigeons, 0 5 per Cent. July, 1870 - - ' 1855 .. 7,03) -. 38to 4 2 Peas-Grey tl o Account - 50 Melb. & Robson's Bay. all 59 61 1856 .. 6,743 .. 3 4to 5 0 Maple 0 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - Class A and B. all I 6 1857 .. 6,856 - 34t0 4 8 • Boilers 36s 408 .. 36s 408 I 1 ) 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) .. - stook Boinde 2 ..... - ..1 . , /100 101 103 1859 .. 7.563 .. 36t0 5 4 Suffolk 2Ba 80s a ° 4 A per Cent - stock Do. Delhi d t . lOD 1021 1031 186) .. 7,860 .. 3 4to 5 4 Stockton and Norfolk.. ....«.. 26s 28s I ) , „2 . SO 1)0. do . .... ..„. ~ 2 id 1p ,li American, per barrel l9s 25s 1861 .. 8,810 .. 3 4 to 5 0 Do •e•eataced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - st Do. PanJaula ...., .. 7:, ,- 1 ICO 1021 1031 il 1 7 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - stock Do.lndus.St.Floß) ul. , 100 95 97 1861 .. 8,430 .. 34t0 5 0 - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. a .1) ° 6 4 per Cent., May, 1879 .. - 1663 .. 10,070 .. 3 6 to 5 2 h 0 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ..., 0 13 . - Mr George Dickson had, as usual, a large collection of U 0 ondsll,ooo par COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. from Scotland and the West of England, and the quality of r Scotch fed beasts, from Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, For 'o under £l,OOO .. - the supplies brought forward was prime. In most descrip- a farshire, &o. Many of them were much admired for their 4,. FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - British Columbia, 6 per lions a fair business was transacted at our quotations. 1 cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 - - excellent quality and symmetry. They were forwarded by treitrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- Do. do. 1883.... 100 - - Per 81b. by the carcase. 8 - Messrs. Martin, Knowles, Wishart, Winner, Longmore, ts 4 zilian 5 per Cent - - :iin.Gov.6p.o.Ja. &J ui. ailed selsidi Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - - 1877-84 .. .. ..... 100 98 99 Stoddart, Reid, Frost, Beddie, Mitchell, Henderson, Wil- fnferior beef .. 30 3 4 Middling mutton 424 6 c l, Do 1863 - - Do. fi p. a Feb. & li.ug. 100 07 99 son, and other graziers. Middling do. .. 36 4 0 Prime do .. 485 () , gee Ayres 6 per Cent - - Do. 6p. a. Mar. 3z Sept 100 . 97 99 Do A . - - Do. Cp. o. Jan.&July. let 87 89 B.st Messrs. Ma dwell well and Ho land had a very fine collection Prime large do. 4 2 4 4 Veal. 3lO 410 r (hill 00OUILL• •• • - . • - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 86 89 of stock, amongst which we noticed some wonderfully fine Do. small do. .. 4 6 4 8 Small pork .... 4 6 6 0 v ',Tart 6 per Cent. _ ,ape G.Hope, 6 p o,187:, 100 104 106 Scots forwarded by Mr M'Combie, Tillyfour, and which Large pork .... 3 6 4 4 Lamb V° 41 per Cent - - Do.Ap &Oct 1881 100 105 107 Inferior mutton. 3 6 4 0 1] ttl'ic:rabian 6 per Cent - - Do. 1891 100 106 108 realised unusually high prizes. Messrs. Reid, of the Vale La, 6 Per Cent. - - to. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 109 111 of Alford, Mr C. Bruce of Broadlands, near Hawley, !teed --- . r D an i s h Per Cent. 1864 - 7eylon, N0v.1868, 6p ( 100 101 105 other graziers, contributed largely to the stand. BOROUGH HOP. t eg t ., 4 3 per Cent., 1825 _ ...• •• • ..-- - Do. 1878, do. WO tit 112 - Waurltins 6 p.0ent.11373 'OO 'O5 107 107 Messrs Giblett and Son had a most excellent show of We have to report continued firmness in the hop trade. I „" ,P - per - treitirlB64 - _ Do. 187: 100 00 209 beasts forwarded by various breeders end feeders-viz The supplies of home-grown produce on sale are very mode- s E ' ° per Cent., 1773-77, £26 paid it Pm - Do. 1882 100 ,07 110 " rate, and the bulk of the crop has now been taken out of t Dador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - -- catal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1..5 107 by Messrs Martin, Knowles, M'Combie, Mamie, &o. A good supply of beasts was exhibited by Mr Vorley. - sT.B.Gov.6p.o.da.&July 100 99 102 the growers' hands. For most qualities the trade is steady, s es Provisonal Land Warrant .. - - N . S.W. Gov. 5p a, 18ti, 100 97 99 Egypt, f That portion of it-36 in number-sent by Mr Taylor, of an d the tendency of prices is in an upward direction. Last n ie„- 7 per Cent - Du. sp. c.,lB'a told?' 100 95 97 week's import into London was 13 bales - from Boulo gne, 75 DO , £4OO Bonds - - Do. d0.,1388 &upwdt 160 94 96 95 Kirtly, Lincolnshire, was greatly admired. '3 Second Issue - - slew Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 Ostend, 155 Hamburg, 237 Rotterdam, 17 Antwerp, 51 ( D Do 1864 914 _ ova Scotia Gov. 6p. c Mr Hicks' stand was well supplied with some very good Bremen, and 26 bales from Dunkirk, t tir e °Scrip, £1.5 paid -Pm - sterling, 1875. . 100 00 102 beasts from Scotland and various parts of England. lj e ' 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 221 - lueensland Gcv. Bp. a 100 101 103 Sussexing 5..... . . . . . . . Various other salesmen had good collections of beasts, New Mid and East Kent - i. Aus Gov. 6 p. 0.116- 100 - - b°., Account - Do. h7B &upward i... 100 107 109 especially Mr Duckworth. New Weald of Kent e e , COupons - Vio.Goy. 6 p.c. J a.,10 uly 100 - It is necessary to observe that although the total number •110 s to 140 s P tik as . 4. o count - - Do. lo Spar. A.D.AOcI.. 1 100 tto6l 1071 107 1008 to 140 s a 1 , b r ," e ‘ reala 5 per Cent. - 1 'lte"„t B3 9 and 1859 - BRITISH MINES. pending period in 1863, nearly or quite as much consum- Yearl in gs ......-. o Ris ki - „' 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 711 e able meat was brought forward as on any previous occa• BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. - b o 'ala 3 per Cent - • 2 :ambrian Consol. Gold 1 it i 1 Account - Chiverton ...... 3 61 1 sion. The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are P 1 te o Do 1864 . . - ,iiitorn Amalgamated. - 331 344 32 The supply of sheep, taken as a whole, was only mode- seasonably large. In the trade for nearly all descriptions P 1 b o 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French - dis - )rvon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 580 600 rate, and in very middling condition. Some ot the cross there is a fair amount of activity, and last week's quotations L° Scrip, £43 paid .• ••.• • ...... - dis - Drakewalls .. • .... . - ,sat Bassett (Illogan) du 50 55 breeds from Holland were very good, and produced 78s per are well supported. Last week's importe was 16 tons from a 110 0 ,..P,rench Sorip, Ex. 2.5 f 20c - dis x d - ~ ast Caradon ..... ..... 1.14. i 18 20 head. Dunkirk, 53 bags, &c,, from Rotterdam, 16 Hamburg, 4 i 1 qt%: l ,-, 84 Imperial 5 per Cent - - A;aat Cain 8rea........ 3.4.0 61 7 On Mr Gurrier's stand we noticed some excellent Cots. Ostend,l2s tons from Dieppe, and 251 sacks from Boulogne. tc b G ranada - - East Grenville .. ..... 2.7.0. 5i 6 b a 2 per Cent..• . • - - East Lovell ........... 2.13.6. 15 16 144 welds from the flock of . Mr Hewer and Mr John Mills; also Yorkshire Regents ............ 90s to 1100 per ton. - e. Wlltussel (Tavietk. 8.13., 51 51 Flukes L ° Deferred - - Bam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 , 5 7 some prime Downs forwarded by Lord Radnor. Kent and Essex Regents ...... 80s to 1008 „ be . , Land Warrants (Hectares) - 4 Great Laxey, 1im...7... all 171 184 Mr Lintott had a very good show of sheep, sent chiefly Rooks u Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864.. - - .1 rent South Tolgus... 171 , 11 2 by Mr Paull of the Isle of Wight, Mr Cox of Hereford- y A 110 do Aug., 1866.... --- - e. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 34 36 Scotch Regents 04,, shire, Mr Franks, and Mr Lattimer. Foreign ........ . . 60s to 70s ~ cl e o rean 45 per Cent .. --- - erenville.. - Scrod's-Foot ... 8.18 56 37 Mr Dodd exhibited some prime West Country Downs, ------- 1) 6 e Per Cent. (Uribarreia).. - - g ar et ....... 4.18. t. 446 P ~1) 4 4, per Cent., 1862 - - teargaret (Oily Lelan , 1 8 9 belonging to Messrs. Greenwood, J. Dean, Brighton, Read- WOOL. r et ) Account aaree Valley.. . 1.3 C 4 41 ing, and Owen. The public sales of colonial wool are still in progress, but la t,'lgnese 3 per Cent., 1853 - 4ily n dy Iron ()re (Lim. 21 11 1 6 Mr Still had on sale three remarkably fine Hampshire these will be brought to a close on Thursday next. Since el b o ° Account - - Nangiles...... /9 18 10 Ey e Account Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '60,,62,'3.. - - New Setun 2ll CO 70 Downs, fed by Mr Canning, of Elston. teee.Account .. 471 .... :orth Downs... ...... - North Roskear. . • 204 1? 19 have b.un^ne' off with a fair amount of 1 1),7 1 , 41 1 b per Cent 1822, £ St., - - .. wil a isaeeeteinoe.a, a Ice 16 2 disposed of by Messrs T. and J. G. , Smith. They were fine wools, which move off freely, prinoipally for home e e *4 per Cent., 1850 .. - - orth Wheal Crotty . 2.80 2.1 2i bred by James Russell, Eve. of Eynsford, Aft. consumption, at the rates current at the close of last series; . I)„ 1860 - - Prosper United....... ?A. , . 84 3/ Mr J'. W: I .'orfe, Mr Weall, and other salesmen had a we last wrote they the value of these qualities has consequently improved since 11 of the present sales. Faulty wools, however, Do e Per Cent 1859 - - :1-evidence once( Illut. to 6.7 34 36 b o • per Cent, 1862 B7 4 - iouthearadontsetleer 11 20 540 i.Wheal Iran. (Illogat, 1,4. 33 30 good collection of sheep. opening of sale, and these now show a reduction from 4 1)5 8 • 1864 - Stray Park . crip, £66 paid - pm - fin Croft 9 16 .17 Althmigh the beef trade was by no means active, high last series of from rd to 2d, in some instances 3d, per lb. ,boau 5 per Cent - - Nest Basset (Illogan).. ii 7 9 w kti-i Account - - ,V Cs radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 quotations were generally demanded for all breeds of beasts. Up to the present. time nearly 80,000 bales have been dis- IN 1) a h 3 per Cent - - West Chiver ton are e e o d p iffi en e the bulk of this quantity having been taken for D Account - - West Salon • •••• lee ;05 215 - tVhee.l Basset (Illogan. 51 go 9 8English wool the amount of busi- h b' f ; New Deferred - - Wheal Buller(ltedruth, 10 9 ii • 58 Bd, but some very superior animals realised be 10d. In home consumption . .. In ' extreme cases 6s per 81bs was made. This quotation, ness doing is very reoderate. 'Prices, however, rule firm I l; Account - - WhealLudeott and are without material change from last week. The im- C h- , aseive - wheal Mary Ann (Men., 8 la i , however, must be oonsidered exceptional, a tl e; ° : Account 314 4 - Wheal Beton . . 581 195 200 There was a good demand for Downs and half - breds, and port into London last week was 679 bales from Port Philip, w - Wheal Trefawney (Lie. 7 19 61 b 41511 Cert. of Coup not funded . . - prices had an upward tendency ; otherwise; the mutton 2,407 Sydney, and 3,027 bales from Odessa. 4 5 A, - Wheal Union 4 i i Current prices of English wool per lb. eltweacount .. 14 trade was rather inactive-nevertheless the quotations were 'tal e 'ea, 4 per Cent - - the turn higher. The top price was 6s per Btbs• s d sd' it 1) 0 8 '4 6 per Cent. 1854 - PREFERENCE SHARES. Calves sold freely, at 2tl per Sibs more money, viz.,2 0 215 h e pAecount Halt-b D red ow d n o hoggets 22 2 3 1) 0 ", Per Cent. 1868 - Great Northern, 5 per cent., 114 4s 4d to 5s 6 , 1 per Sibs. Kent fleeces .. 2 2 225 le Account' 7O Great Western (Berke and Hants Ext.) 5 per cent ;51 Pigs were in good supply, and moderato request, at full South Down ewes and wethers 111 2 0 at I) ° , 1.00 B on d s - PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK% Leicester do, ~ Sorts -Clothing 11 0 Account .„ 711 1 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 984 The arrivals of beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Combing .... 1 8 2 2 14 0 ( 1 1 00 Bonds. . 7ll .___:' LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. and Northamptonshire comprised about 2,100 shorthorns, h \,bo , 2 1 „aranteed, 4 per Cont. Northern and Eastern 6 per cent.,:s3/ : &c. ; from Norfolk and Suffolk, 900 Scots and crosses ; SEEDS. le era e '' o 3 Sorip, £4O paid b, c la 3 per Cont. - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - ---- --- various breeds ; from Scotland, 1,104 Scots and crosses; The inquiry for most . agricultural seeds was in an inao- Vi 1) A ccount, .. - Belgian Eastern JunctiOn, 11 D u A Per Cent., 1862 - tl .. - Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent. pf., 94 For the time of year the supply of foreign stock hero cies There was a moderate demand for East India linseed cl' be ° " - e °count - u P Cent 1861 4 1) - • " transacted in cakes at last Monday's quotations. Gi lt Ividends on the above payable in London. Alamillos, limited, 11 . - ti t e lei e „ an, 5 per Cent., Ex, 10 Florins. - Port Philip, 11 1 1 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Turnlp,White,p.bus.2 6 s to 22s Carraway 34s 35s 4(14'4 4 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f - BANKS. For Sibs. to sink the offal. Swede -s -s Coriander 2ls 258 Mustard, Brown .. -s -5 Henapseed, per qr 42s 46s Iry D o A per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 624 Baltic e ing etej s Per Cent. Certificates - Alliance aim.), 374 8) Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 211 1 s. d. s. d. s. d. s d °vie. &inf. beasts 38 4 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 66 8 White,. 59s 62s if i lia Routes, 3 per Cent ... . e••• - 8 -s D I ls 6 . Anglo Austrian. 64 Second quality do. 4 6.5 0 Pine. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Tares, Spring Ca N n e a w r winter, bush 1 B - s Odessa P o 4 Per Cent., 1861, 'Ex. 25 francs.. - Australasia, 70 -s -8 ,) gti lvi °COMA 641 1 Ditto, new, 65 Prime large oxen 5 2 6 4 Large (gee. calves 4 4 5 0 Rye gras s q 2ls 28s Linseed Cake, p ton -s - r ' 5, 14 10 411 Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4s. - Bank of Ota,go, 1im.,'51 Prime Scots, &c. 56 5 8 Prime small d 0... 52 6 6 Clover, BedEng„ct. - s --s English. £lo Oa £ll 5 5 ,3 °I ti teso, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f - Chartered Her. of India. London. and China, 601 One. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 8 Large hogs 3 6 4 4 White -s -a Foreign £9 1013.£11 58 f t t 0 Commercial Commercial Bank of India and the East, - Second quality do. 410 5 2 Small porkers..., 464 10 Foreign Red.... -8 -5 Rape Cakes,p ton £5 lOs £6 5s A -4 0 1 TWO O'CLOCK. Lambs....os 06 to Os Od, White. -s -s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 74s 78s do 1) 0 i i, / 0 „ 7. . B9 5 Lit o, issued at 10 m. of which 10 ii pald, 381 European Bank, 11m., 81 Suckling calves, 18e to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, Trefoil new s f, 11: s -6 it e eollut Imperial Ottoman, 17 161 I 20s to 266 each. TALLOW. ,di London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 711 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. • l'i/erpool Cotton Market-This Day. London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate. 511 Beasts .. • . London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 A London and County, 774,8 Cows - Sheep 1 41 °od inquiry,• -7: Sheep oil y a with improved feeling. Sales, London Joint stook , - 210 Pigs 1 . MO bales. Ditto, new, issued at 30 P. 361 London and South African. 211 Calves rigs 390 October to December delivery. Town tallow ia quoted at ee, Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 91',A 41s 3d net cash ; rough fat, 28 ld per 515. , 'I ' l 4 'llle - The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, d d AL NOMINATION.-The Queen has noml- Union of London, 55:4 ~,,! -11 1 e „ MISCELLANEOUS. amounted to 13,802 head. In the corresponding week in ) aii i o elev. Robert To ham to be Minister of the new tell scl, districtof Et " Staffordshire,in (he d iocese o f e ee , ruia, -in 1860, 4,415-in 1859, 4,364-in 1858, 5,734. - - T Stock this day.... 74,096 51.753 56.419 70.101 61.100 Th ''. East India Irrigation and Canal, 61 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LA-61 WEEK. 60s3a to 51s 3d to 45861 to 4'. s9a to 41e Od to w Egyptian Cora. and Trading. Inn., 5 Price of Y.C. .. k ; -, E t nn , From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. -s Od -s Od -s Od -a Od -- sOd 6 T ' 5 14 • '''" 3 OF THE STANLEY. , -The inquiry at Financial Corporation. 1_ ~, , Fore - str eet Warehouse, Um., sit e Antwerp 24 .. - .. - .. 21 .. - Delivery lastweek 1,148 2,056 2,175 2,107 2,0)0 1 1 , int, „ 0,195 45 735 37 959 47,090 Cl 44, 'sn lo , the loss of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley, off Gen. Credit and Finance or London, Ilm., 64 7 Bremen .. 34 .. 47 .•-' ' - - e - rez I ,:.r it r t i o vlis om As j t u w n e e d, 5 1 , 21 8 .2.835 1,715 . 1,444 3,215 81 4 hit h, 'Eh, closed on:Saturday. The captain was acquitted Hudson's Bay, 1134 t 1 81 i Boulogne."... 50 .. - kt c , 'attle Imperial Mercantile Credit ASSO., II m. 44 1 ' rho, and declared entitled to a renewal of his certi- International Financial society, lim., 71 Calais .. - , . , 13 .. 84 Price 01 Town .... 04s 0,1 52s 9cl 47e thl 43a Od 43s 9d e' ' ' - ' ' - ' ' ""- Ditto from ' June 1 99,9'4 75.187 63875 70,•1 8 65,468 ti ctl l court considered the absence of leading lights, Joint Stock Discount, lim., 13; • Dordt. - • • - • • - ~ - ~ 202 _. _ __ __ __ ____ _ B attc; M idras Irrigation and Canal, 5 Dunkirk. - . • - .. - l, I - reumstances over which the captain had no Ditto (all), 204 Gibraltar lO6 .. -.„-.. - .. - A " Til. 444 led to the calamity, 1 1 National Discount Company, lim e 153 i Hamburg - . - - • •• - e (l, '''' 114,, National Financial, line .. 6 ARMY REDUCTIONS.-as rumours of part i cular _, (4 , En, ' SLAUGHTER OF A YOUTH BY 1118 Ocean marine Insurance). 261 Harlingen - reductions in the army are still persistently circulated, we ° h N. ..-At the Chester Assizes on Friday the filmmaker, Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82 Aedemblik .. , , 48 .. 1895 .. - • • • - • • • • - may assure our readers that they are as yet but rumours, u .. 44 ..ia Lee _ _ . . . . Royal Mail Steam 93 Nieu Diep - ' • -••-- • • -• ' - and that any statements made upon the subject are alto- P it 'Pee, alt ' .51 Warrington, who killed his son during an Universal Marine,'lnsurance, Um., 51 ~ q k _ ereati- _-, ~,:... • Ostend 52 .. - ._ - .. 20 .. - - - - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —• British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 Do. do. 1883 100 ;,,0.(40v.6 p.o.Ja. ul 1877-84 100 98 99 Do. p. c. Feb. & ? . Aug. 100 07 99 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept 100 97 99 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. lOC 87 89 881 Do. 6 Inscribed stook 100 86 89 ;ape G.Hope. 6p o,187:, 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 100 105 107 Do. 1811 100 106 108 90. Jan. & July. 1891 100 109 111 7eyion, N0v.1868, 6p ( 100 101 105 Do. 1878, do. WO t 9 112 Itaurttins 6 p.0ent.11372 'OO '65 107 107 Do. 187: 100 00 109 Do. 1882 100 ,07 110 natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 1'.5 107 Y.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.dauly 100 92 102 4. B.W. G ov. 6 p D., 180, 100 97 99 —. Du. sp. c.,18i1 to 187( 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdl 100 04 96 95 slew Zealand 6 p oent 100 105 107 ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o. sterling, 1875. lOO 00 102 lueensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 101 103 Aus Gov. 6 p. 0.116- 100 Do. 1,78 &upward 100 107 109 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dr4July 100 - Do. io 6 p.c. An.&Oot 1 100 tto6l 107} 107 BRITISH MINES. 2 • :ambrian Consol. Gold 1 I Chiverton 3 66 76 ;11110ra Amalgamated. 331 346 32 )(won G.Cone.(Tavist. 1 680 600 Drakewalls .. • ... . . .4.st Bassett (Illogan) du 50 55 ~ ast Caradon ..... t..14.t 18 20 A;ast Carn Brea 3.4.0 65 7 East Grenville East Lovell 2.13.6. 15 16 142 1. W'lltussel Cfavistk. 8.13., 51 51 Bam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 5 7 4 Great Laxey, 11m...7 all 176 185 reat South Tolgus.., 1 7, 2 • 0. Wheal Vor (lleleton 40 34 36 - - ,Icrod's-Foot . 8.18 36 37 lingston Downs ..... . 4.18.1 4 44 Ilargaret (Guy Lelatu 9 8 9 darke Valley.. 4 Tyndy Iron Oro (Lim. 24 1 1 6 19 18 10 new Sewn 216 CO 70 :orth Downs..., ...... North Roskear. . 205 11 , 9 1 9 li asset(lllo44l, 16 2 orth Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 2t 2g — Prosper United..., ,- :'rovidenee(Uny Lelnt 106,7 34 36 iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 14 20 540 ..Wheal Iran. (Illogat, 18. 3 8 38 stray Park lB 20 fin Cron 9 15 .17 Nest Basset (Mogan), 7 9 Cf radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 West Chiverton West Seto Nheal Basset (Mogan ! 56 90 22 Wheal Buller(ltedruth, 10 g 11 VVhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann ;Dien , 8 13 16 Wheal Lleton . 585 195 200 Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 Iliverpool Cotton Market—This Day. , r, `4llvn°od inquiry, with improved feeling. Bales, 4 ' oo o bales. Ct, 44ttq'tICAL NOMINATION.—The Queen has noml l‘ti h Rev. R o b er t T o ph am t o b e Mi n i s t er o f t h e new 1t11%,,,t1d district of Etruia, Staffordshire, in the diocese of 4 -1 0 83 OF THE STANLEY.—The inquiry at 14 ' ie t , li lt() the loss of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley, off 4 11 closed on'Saturday. The captain was acquitted .. 4 h 1.1 , t L-4 1 , 111 ,_ e, and d d entitled to a renewal of his certt. t ,.. lf' ti ‘ 40 court considered the absence of leading lights, Att°,,"'" ci rcumstances over which the captain had no had led to the calamity. l at ANSLAUGHTER OF A YOUTH BY lIIS 44 4 % 1 , a the Chester Assiz on Friday the filmmaker, .44 ° s a p py alt of Warrington, who killed his eon during an erc atron on the 22d of last month, was sentenced iN ig t arki 41°4' imprisonment with ha r d l a bo u r, the judge 4'141„4 that his severest punishment would be the re ktki ~W h ich he would carry with him to the grave, that u sed the death of hie ohild. From Beasts. Antwerp 24 .. Bremen. Boulogne .. Calais Dordt., Dunkirk., — Gibraltar lO5 Hamburg 81 .. 1022 ~ . • Harlingen 35 .. 1489 13 Medem blik 48 .. 1895 • • Nieu Diep Ostend Rotterdam 1398 ~ 4497 . • 280 .. 663 Tonning .. Cadiz ARMY REDUCTIONS.—As rumours of particular reductions in the army are still persistently circulated, we may assure our readers that they are as yet but rumours, and that any statements made upon the subject are alto gether: premature. We have the best reason 'to know that the authorities have not yet decided upon any of the changes which 'may or may not take place when the Esti mates for 180-66 come to be nettled.—"ltmy and Eao Gazette, The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is ab ut 263 per cent., and the premium on gold is 141 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of god frjm the United States, Total ~.,2,024 „ P,821, • .. 352 „1602 rHE SUN, LONDOS, MONDAY EVEMNO, DECEMBER 12, 1864. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. —This Day, The December sections of this Court commenced . to-day. Owing to the shortness of the interval that has elaped since the adjournment of the Court there are not more than fifty prisoners for trial. There are two charges of wil ful murder, one against the German, Kohl, for the murder of his Countryman in the Plaistow Marshes, and the other against a man named Jackson, for killing a person with whom he had formerly been on friendly terms, and who had lent him money. The judges who will preside are Lord Chief Justice Erie, Mr Justice Crompton, and Mr Baron Pigott. On Saturday morning Kohl was removed from Ilford gaol to Newgate. lie has lost much of the hardihood he displayed when first apprehended. He has been visited in Ilford gaol by seve ral German gentlemen, and has had frequent interviews with his solicitor. The Rev. Dr. Cappel, who attended Muller in his last moments, has been frequently with Kohl The Recorder having charged the Grand Jury, the busi ness of the session comma ced. TIIE MURDER IN TILL I'LAISTOW MARSHES. Mr Best, on the part of the accused man Kohl, made an application for the postponement of the trial till the next sessions. Mr Giffard, whe appears for the prosecution, offered no objection to such a course. the application was granted. THE ROBBERY BY A FICTITIOUS HEIRESS. Mary Horsfall, whose trial stood over from last session, was this morning placed in the dock charged with stealing two gold bracelets, one diamond ring, and a gold chain, value £2O, the property of Caroline 011ey. The prisoner, it will be recollected, represented herself es the heiress to a large fortune• and by this she was enabled to victimize a number c.,f ladies and tradesmen. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder sentenced her to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. FORGERY. William Topharc, clerk, was indicted for forgery, and uttering a forged cheque, with intent to defraud the Bank of London of £7Bl. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the uttering. The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal servi tude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day MARLBOROUGH STREET`. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBING A PHOTOGRAPHER. —Edward Korner, a young man described as an engineer, and'who gave an address in Bridge-court, Westminster, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing a lens of the value of £l, the property of Mr Morris Rouse, photo grapher, of 376, Oxford-street. Mr Rouse said—On Sunday, July 17th last, about one o'clock, the prisoner came into in place to have his likeness taken, There were several other per sons present waiting to have their portraits taken. The prisoner said he was in no hurry, and he gave his turn up to every one and waited till the last. I took the prisoner's likeness, and ho then said he would have some cartes de visite as well. I went into the dark room with the likeness. and when I came out with it the prisoner had "hooked it" with the lens from the camera. I ran downstairs with the likeness in my hand and saw the prisoner running. I cried *Stop thief," but it was no use. I then took copies of the likenesss, and sent them round to the different stations. We heard no more of the matter. Yesterday, about the same time as on the former occasion, in walked the pri soner into my room, As soon as he saw it he tried to " hook" it, but I called my dooreman and he prevented him doing so. I then went for a constable and gave the pri.. soner into custody. Mr Tyrwhitt—What did tho prisoner say P Mr Rouse— Ido not remember. I was very nervous. On asking him if he remembered the likeness, ho said he did not remember me. I am positive the prisoner is the same man, and I have his portrait. The portrait was handed to the magistrate. It was a very good portrait of the prisoner. The Prisoner—l have several times had my likeness taken at the same place, and the portrait produced may be a spoilt one the prosecutor had by him. I know nothing about the lens, I can assure you. Mr Tyrwhitt—l shall remand the prisoner for a week, and I will take his own bail. Mr Rouse—l have witnesses here who will say the pri soner only had his likeness once taken. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE.—Henirich Ullanger, a German musician, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with violently assaulting William Jenkins, a police constable, No. 220 11. On Saturday night the prisoner came home to his lodg ings in Charles-street, Gunfield street, Commercial-road, in a state of intoxication, and broke the pannel of the street door, because he was refused admittance by a young man named John Muller, his fellow lodger. Muller called upon a police constable to remove the prisoner, and he requested him to go away. The prisoner refused to le,ve, and abused the constable with all the English slang, scurrility, and expletives at his command. The constable then took him into custody, and the prisoner then raised a kind of German war• whoop, which brought soven or eight of his countrymen to the spot. They made a furious attack on Jenkins, who defended himself single-handed until he was thrown down. The prisoner knelt on the policeman, and seized him by the throat and attempted to strangle him, in which he would have succeeded if two "civilians," as the policemen do. scribed them, and not come to his assistance. They pulled the prisoner off the constable, and after a furious contest secured him. The constable, a welluregulated and kindly man, was very much injured. Nicholas Islagrath, an Irishman, of No. 4, New-street, Commercial-road, saw the prisoner seize the policeman by the throat and make an attempt to choke him. John Muller, a German, gave similar evidence, and added, "There were seven or eight Germans on the policeman all at once. The prisoner knocked him down and then seized his throat. The policeman's tongue was coming out of his mouth. Elizabeth Ullinger, an Englishwoman, married to the prisoner's brother, swore that all the violence was on the part of the constable. Mr Paget did not believe the witness Elizabeth Ullinger, and said it was clearly proved many of the prisoner's coun trymen attacked the constable. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. WESTMINSTER. VICE AND ITS CONSLQUENCES.—A women nearly 50 years of ago, who gave her name Sarah 'son, was charged with cutting her throat. William Martin, 60, Camera•square, Chelsea, said that prisoner had been in the position of a wife to him for the last 19 years, and coming to his house last night threat ened to cut her throat, and did something of the sort. Prisonor—l have lived with him 21 years, and had four children by him, and ho always promised to marry me. Mr Selfe (to witness)—Why did not you ? Witness—Well, I was married already. I had a wife living. Mr Selfe—That was certainly a great impediment. Prisoner—Ms wife has been dead those four years. Mr Selfe—That alters the case. If you have been living with the woman all the time stated, and had children, why don't you marry her ? ness Sim has destroyed my home. I used to ask her to be married, and then she would not, and now I cannot. She drinks—and I had to part with her, and got a new home, and then she came to me with a knife, and wanted to frighten me about cutting her throat, Mr Selfo—She did cut her throat. Witnes—She only hacked it a little—she could have cut it more if she had wanted. Mr Selfe—What did she do it with Witness—She brought a knife with her in her pocket, and when I said I could not do anything for her, she drew it across her throat. Prisoner—Where am I to go ? I have no home but his. I did my duty as a wife by him, and he always pro mised to marry me when he could, but when he could he would not. Ile has driven me to take a little drink, but that is all he oan say against me. I was determined if he did nothing for me to take my life. What else can I do. Mr Selfe—That is a bad remedy for your misfortune. Prisoner was remanded for a week in order to give her time for reflection. MORR SERIOUS FIRES AND EXPLOSlON.—Yes terday (Sunday) morning a fire broke out in the premises of M. Parker, cheesemonger, Crosby-row, Com. morcial-road. The fire was not subdued until the stock in trade was destroyed and the upper part of the house seriously damaged.—An explosion of an alarming character took place in the premises belonging to Mr Watkins, Princes-road, Bermondsey, owing to the escape of gas. Considerable ,damage was done.—Anwher fire took place in the premises of Messrs Jarrarsl, varnish makers, Bermondsey. The flames could not bo extinguished until great damage was done to the stock in trade. DRIVING A PONY ONE HUNDRED MILES UNDER TWELVE Ilouns•—During the week a match for £llO, to drive a pony 100 miles in less than 12 hour, was determined in - E:sex, the finish of the distance being made at Rumford. This tusk was a cruel impo,ition en a .light-hearted pony, who was compelled to draw a trap with a driver, the whole distance iu 11 Lours and 20 minutes. This event does not come fairly within the category of trotting, but is a mere speculation for money on the physical ability and powers of endurance on a free and unfortunate animal ; and although the performance is an extraordinary feat, yet it reflicts no merit on the, parties engaged in it, and is utterly at vAriarire %eith the feelings of the levers or fat. trot t A-3 and admirrr-s of good horse flesh. The sul j :et is, however, likely to ware under judicial inves'igation, as 6111/1111L1LiCS against certain parties have been applied for. MR, SALA will resume his" Eahoes of the Week" in the IVustrated London .News, now that he has returned from America. It is also said that readers of "Temple Bar' may ehortly expect from his pen a r,eries of paperS called " Travels in the County of bliddlet ex,''. AN ERICA. LRLUrEit'S TELEGItAM•i NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Richmond ppm r anticipate that if Sherman captures Charleston or Savannah he will trnsfer his army to Grant. They expect the James River fleet will proceeci tar Savannah to cc , operate with Sherman. Hood is reported tiro have o-cupied Huntsville and Decatur. His maim army, 40,000 strong, was eon. centrated south of et , lumbia on the 26th. HI saulted the works at Colurnbi9, south of the Duck river, and was badly repuisod. A small Cmfccle. rate cavalry forca howz.ver, in crossing the Dack river. It is supposed that Hood will move east across the Coattanooga river to et. orr, ratl wick 13!cckenridge. It is eaid that Forrest is provided with poatcons to cress the Tennessie B'ver at Clicago, and is marching in connection with Hood's nary through Tennessee to Cumberland C p. Errly reports that Sheridan's cavalry had been repulsed beyond Mount Jackson, whence they were pursued and driven beyond Elinburgh in con.adioll, leaving their dead and wounded. 2,000 Confederates had wade a raid on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad at New Creek, where they captured a Federal force and destroyed the ware houEes and stores. It i 5 reported that E cops had moved southward from Lee's army. It is denied that Sheridan had reinforced Grant. General Dix has announced that the emissa ries of the agents connect:d with the plot to burn the ci'y will, if arrested, be tried by court-martial, and, if convicted, they will be executed es spies. More suspicious persons have been arrested, and a large reward is offered for the offenders. All Southerners are ordered to reg'ster their names or they will be regarded as spies. Mr Seward has refused to present the British peace address to Mr Lincoln. The Confederate Congress Liss unanimously re jected the proposition conciliatory to the United Stage, and favouring pacific measures on the brsis of the recognition of State righte, end the original statutes of slaveq. . The Canadian Government had refused the re quest of the St. Alban's raiders to refer to Richm9nd for evidence of their connection with the Confedt. , rate Government. The Tallahassee end tho Chickamauga have arrived at Wilmington. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold 230. Exchange on Landon, 251; on Paris, 2 9 to 2.122. Stooks slightly firmer. New York Central 119/, Illinois 126/, Erie 931, 5 . 20 Bonds 106. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 129. Fiour and wheat advancing. Cor❑ quiet. Provisions lull. Coffee and auger slightly fi aier. Molasses steady. Petroleum, crude, 49; refined 69. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. The latest Tennessee despatches report that skir mishes take place daily between the fonts of Gene. rats Thomas and Hood. The Confederate clvalry attacked the Unior, garrison at Shelbyville on Monday lest, but were repulsed. The railway from Nashville to Chattanooga is still unbroken, although bands of the Confederate cavalry ere prowling near it. Advices from City Point state that heav T artillery and musketry firing commenced at an early hour on Tuesday last, and continued up to 11 o'clock. The gun boats were thought to be :king part in the engagement, but particulars have not yet been re■ ceived. Further details have come in respecting General Pay ne's raid upon New Creek on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Federal garrison were surprised and most of them captured. The Confederates blew up the earthworks, and destroyed the depot and a large quantity of Government supplies. The arrival of Gen. Slccem's left wing of Sher man's army, numbeiiug 16,000 strong, at Madison, and the but ning of the town, is eunouneed. The excitement at Auges'a was veiy great, end the place is in urgent need of trcops. It is proposed to imprc' the negroes. According to the Richmond Inquirer of Friday lest, 13,000 Union prisoners, confined at Salisbury, North Carolina, attempted to esclpe. They suc ceeded in overpowering the interior guard of their entrenchment, and were engaged in fighting the outside guard, when the er:illely was opened upon them, and about 40 prisoners were killed and a krge numb( r wounded. A Newborn despatch of the 27th ult. reports that all the available Confederate troops in North Cero lina have been sent to the e9sistanc3 of Georgia. General Bragg is in command of the Confederate depot in North Carolina. Confederate pCsoners stats that the Federal er pcdition against Wilmington he been abandoned. Gcve►nor Vence expo eted to be elected to the Richmond Senate. Giver..ment securitie3 are dull. The stock um kot inactive, Gold heaNy ; closed 2261. (TELEGRAPH NEWS ASSOCIATION.) Sherman's cavalry attempted to cross the Oconee River, but were repulsed. Up to the 24th it was still on this side. It is thought this will be the first line of Confederate defence. Macon has not been captured. The Federals abandoned their line of march upon Macon, and moved upon Gordon and Griswoldville, which they occupied. The Confede, rates evacuatA Milledgeville, aster removing archives and other valuable property. The Ft le. rals then entered the city and destroyed it. The Governor of South Carolina has ordered the State militia and reserves to assemble at Homburg on the Savannah River, en route for Augusta. The g:-. risons at Charleston end Savannah have also been ordered to that point. Beauregard, Hardee, Taylor, and Wheeler, were at Macon on the 22d. It is understood that Beauregard took with him Taylor's corps, 10,000 strong, for Corinth. Oilier accounts state he took 25,000 men, leaving Hood 20,000 to operate in Tennessee in conjunc tion with Breckenridge. The World believes the Confederates can concentrate a force of 89,000- to confront Sherman between Macon and the sea. The News thinks he will be compelled to turn to. wards the Gulf of Mexico to escape disaster. It intimates that the Confederate forces under Beau regard number 40,000. It is now believed that Sherman will avoid Augusta, end endeavour to reach Savannah, to open up communication with the fleet, At last accounts the two Federal columns were 40 miles apart, with trains eight miles long. Richmond papers report that Sherman was repulsed 20 miles from Augusta, and assert that the situa tion is regarded in official circles es decidedly en couraging. There is no truth in the reported Jibe= ration of Federal prisoner's. The exchange has been stopped by the destruction of the railroad to Sa. vannah. Hood, in conjunction with Breckenridge, is believed to be marching en Knoxville, whore Gillern wee, at the last accounts, cut off from reinforcements. It is reported that Burnside has been ordered there with 10,000 men. Thomas has evacuated Franklin, Tennessee. It i 3 also rumoured that he has abandoned Athens and I.Loatur. Hood is vaguely reported driven back from Columbia, but no details are given. The Tallahassee :and Chickamauga are both safe at Wilmington , The Talisman and Armstrong arrived at Bermuda with 1,100 bales of cotton. Governor Seymour has de clined to receive the British peace address, but re ferred Mr Barker to SArecary Seward, who also declined it, and likewise refused him an interview with Mr Lincoln. Barker now proposes present.ng T the address to Congress. The Florida was run into and sunk on Sunday last week. It was privately rnmoured she would be accidentally burnt. The Express regards it as a strange and curious affair, anti thinks it will add to the existing compllea. cations. The World eee - s the pretence of an accident is too transparent to deceiv e at)3 b o dy, The Nezvs thinks she was sunk designedly, en d adds that the sinking does not cancel the duty of indemnity. The Government should procure another Florida, and restore her to Grazilian watere. The ?hues eels the question is open Es regards the right or wrong of the L alzure, but contends that ______..................................•.. thus far there is no ground for complaint. Ads mire! Buchanan end the officers of the Florid 4 have been sent to Fort Wai:en. Nearly all the joutnals concur in regarding the recent fres as a Confederate plot—though many people regard it as a manceavre of the Administra. tion to further exasperate Northei a feeling against the South, end to furnish a pretext for martial law, which the Tribune demands. That journal says—" The rebels are active, dangerous, and des. perate thiJughout *he city, end nothing but mar. tial law will suffice.'' Several arrests have been. made, but names and pal .iculars are kept private. Hotel k3CV2:S offer 20,000 dollars reward, e n d Major Gunther recommends that the Council (Are,. 25,000 more. Ganorat Dix issued two ordera eit -4 c!eueing all rebel emissaries snits, who, if detected, shall be au mmerily hung. The edito:J of Southern jou: ials ere sndignant becauso they are included in the conscription, and have called a Convention to protest. The Richmond Examiner believes that Shertnen's reign will purify Georgia, and cement the plopla more thoroughly in support of the Government. The Federal gunboat Pontiac Was fired into with shells in Charleston hnbour. Six of the crew were killed, and the boat badly injured. General Lee reports that Sheridan's second r e ., conne'_sance with two brigades of cavu'ry WS4 d-. feated, and his dead and wounded left behind,. T ee fight 1r5t , ..1 four hours. The steamer Greyhound, with Admiral Porter and General Butler on board, was totally burned James River on sunday last. Hancock has been ordered to raise a new corps of 20,000 one year m.?n, Elr!y will winter in the valley, but two divi. sioas of his army htNe been sent to Petersburg to take the place of A. P. Hill's corps, sent tenth, supposed to join Breckenridge or oppose Sherman. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. tustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Dee. 19. --, v!9 Marseilles: Dec. Li. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet . Jan. 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dee. 2'd. tlbina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. jg . via Marseille® ...Dec, 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 12 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilies Dec, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 12. via Marseilles Dec. 21, Portugal.... • Dec. 12. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 12. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Newfoundland . .Dec. 21. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and Briti,h N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 15. by U.S. paAet.... by Canadian packot.Dec. IG. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec 11. West Indies and Pacific .. . .. Dec. 14. Bahamas (via New York) Bermuda (ditto) .... Cuba and Mexico RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Manchester 2 FEBRVARY. Lincoln spring MARCH. Derby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring Shrewsbury Spring Northqmptcn 4 Croaton Park Durham l7 Newmarket Craven Newmarket Ist Spring.. 1 Chester York Spring Epsom Summer (con.).. 1 Manchester .. 7 Ascot Alexandra Park 2O Ju Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract AUG Huntingdon Reading Egham Oxford l7 York Augua 22 Doncaster Spring l4 Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring SEPT' Weymouth (continued),. 1 Leicester Doncaster Brecon OCT Catterick Bridge Thirsk Epsom Spring Salisbury Bath 23 Epsom Summer NE. Hampton •• 21 Nowton Newcastle Worcester Summer rLY. Northallerton 5 Ntgwmarket Second O c t 9 I NoYE Worcester Autumn Nottingham Summer . • 13 Chesterfield '2l Good wood Plymouth •. 24 Lichfield I Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer .. 3 0 I Wey mouth :111BER. Richmond ... Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarkct Ist October, 26 limn I Newmarket Houghton.. 23 Worcester Autumn .... 31 :MEER. (continued) Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service (i.rzctle.) Treasury—Mr Francis Charles Stephenson has been ap pointed a supplementaey clerk. Home Office—The office of lord-lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire has become vacant by the death of the Earl of Carlisle. The governorship of Pentonville Prison, is vacant. Salary, £4OO. Mr Robert Charles Chester Wil mot Eardly has been appointed secretary to the directors of convict prisons, War Office—Mr Charles B. Taft has been appointed a commissariat clerk, Cape of Good Hope. ____ India Office—ilr W. H, Benthall has been appointed private secretary to Lord Dufferin, Under-Secretary of State, Education Office—Mr Harry De La Hooke has been ap pointed an assistant clerk, London. Science and Art Department—Mr Theodore Hickson has been appointed a second class clerk, London. Board of Trade.— Mr Arthur C. Nicholson has been ap pointed a temporary clerk. The Post-,ffice—Mr Francis John O'Neill has been ap pointed a temporary clerk, Dublin. Mr William Couch has been appointed a temporary clerk, Dublin. Mr James Jerome O'Dwyer has been appointed a temporary clerk, Dublin. Customs—Mr Henry Brown has been promoted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of examining officers, London. Mr James W. Jamsett has been promoted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of examining ofLers, London. Mr Hodsall Manwaring has been promoted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of examining officers, London. Mr Walter Furlong has been promoted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of exa• mining officers, London. Mr Francis Healy has been iro-k moted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixtf; class of examining officers, London. Course of Exchange,—Thursday. l i g Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 1t 12 19k _Antwerp — 25 55 '25 621 Brussels .— 21 55 25 621 Hamburg .. . 13 8 13 fif Paris . . - :::5 _ _ Ditto Marseilles . . — 25 55 25 60 Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh ,— 31/ 31g Berlin — Madrid Uadiz 461 461 47 471 CHRISTMAS Hom - DAYs.—A "Newsagent's Clerk," writing to the Daily Ain's, says—" You have kindly in serted a letter signed ' A Clerk,' and will doubtless insert this from a more bumble humble individual. I, sir, wish to advocate a holiday for those who work 365 days every year, namely, the news trade, and think, sir, as yourself and notcon contemporaries thoserres who are are so closely connectedsoanxiousforeveryother etloas;.,or lv e will deserving h a ve to save early morning posts and catch early train s be foreus your correspondent thinks to open his eyes, and t o serve l a te Suns and Globes aftea he has retired to th e b osom of his f a mily; yet no one thinks that we a7 c, keeps us of from a holiday. The Observer and Lloyd s .z morning service on the Sabbath day. On the 26th inst. cannot something be done fur us ? I ask you, in the name of the trade, to procure for us at least one holiday in the year, and think that we have at least a bettor case than your correspondent, or the correspondents to tan of your contemperarieF, 'A Banker's Clerk,' and 'Au Attorney's Clerk.' These gentlemen may have holidays that we can not.prilvy Council hopethLt fur us, prayingthemay indite a memorial to the that we may be granted one day in the year fur ourselves, that the ministers for tint day at least will keep their eyes from the _Daily J.Yctvs, the Chile, or the Observer." TIIE SWISS FLAG AT SEA.—The following de cree has been issued by the S Ft.deral Assetu. bly :—" Considering the petitions of a large number of Swiss ciiiz,ms:clorniciled a t Trieste, Smvrns, and St retrs burgh, and the message ct the Federal Council of the 2.7:th November, 1564, the Federal A. , n;cuibly of the Swiss Con federation decrees-1. The Fscderal Council is authorised to permit the use at sea of the Swiss flag for SWiP9 vessels; 2. Until an ulterior decision of the Federal Assembly, tha Federal Council hereby receives full powers to adopt the necessary measures for the execution of the present decree."